ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL MONUMENT PROPOSED IN SWEDEN

EasternStar News Agency, AINA
Assyrian International news Agency
April 24 2007

On 24th of April, on the 92nd anniversary of the start of the Turkish
genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks, the Left Party in Orebro,
Sweden proposed a genocide memorial monument to honor the Armenian
and Assyrian (also known as Chaldean and Syriac) residents in Orebro.

The Armenians and Assyrians form a substantial and significant
minority in Orebro and are an important part of the city’s life
and culture. Years of persecution and harassment in their native
countries have forced the Assyrians to flee, and with the genocide
as a traumatic memory, the Left Party’s genocide monument proposal
is intended to honor the communities.

The genocide monument would facilitate the dialog about the genocide
among Assyrians, Armenians and Swedish residents, and insure that
this important historical event is not forgotten. Residents of Orebro
would get a clearer picture of the Armenians and Assyrians and of
their shared genocide in 1915.

"Today there are 5000 Armenians and Assyrians living in Orebro and
it is essential that we notice their history," says Murad Artin,
a municipal commissioner in Orebro.

The proposal from the Left Party involves an artistically designed
historical monument that would convey the background of the Armenians
and Assyrians and their past of persecution and harassment.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress